Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/236371 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14340
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We quantify labour market effects of changes in the potential benefit duration (PBD) in Poland. Individual workers' PBD depends on the county unemployment rate relative to the national average - 12 months of PBD above a cut-off of 125 per cent and 6 months below. This cut-off shifted from 125 to 150 per cent in a 2009 reform. We utilize i) the natural experiment of the reform, and ii) the sharp discontinuity generated by the cut-offs to estimate effects of shortening the PBD. Our administrative data cover unemployment spells for prime age workers during the years 2006-2018. A one-month shorter PBD decreases average benefit duration by 0.5 months and average unemployment duration by 0.4 months. The PBD reduction by six months increased the job finding rate within the first 9 months by 6 percentage points. Using the stock of unemployed per county, we find evidence for positive aggregate employment effects.ment duration by 0.4 months. The PBD reduction by six months increased the job finding rate within the first 9 months by 6 percentage points. Using the stock of unemployed per county, we find evidence for positive market-level employment effects.
Subjects: 
spell duration
unemployment benefits
extended benefits
JEL: 
H55
J20
J65
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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